The Red Book on the Moscow Trials
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The Red Book on the Moscow Trials is a critical exposé by Trotskyist activist Lev Sedov that denounces the Stalinist show trials of the 1930s as fabricated and politically motivated.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Red Book on the Moscow Trials canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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political exposé ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose falsification of the Moscow Trials
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mobilize international opposition to Stalinist repression ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fourth International (Trotskyist movement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Lev Sedov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | clandestine in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| claims |
charges were fabricated
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confessions were extracted under duress ⓘ trials served Stalin’s consolidation of power ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Great Purge
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Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet secret police ⓘ Stalinist bureaucracy ⓘ show trials ⓘ |
| defends |
Grigory Zinoviev
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Leon Trotsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Lev Kamenev NERFINISHED ⓘ other Moscow Trials defendants ⓘ |
| describesAs |
fabricated
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politically motivated ⓘ |
| documents |
absence of material evidence against defendants
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procedural irregularities in the Moscow Trials ⓘ use of forced confessions ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
First Moscow Trial
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Second Moscow Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | anti-Stalinist Marxist ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Purge
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Stalin era in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation | revolutionary Marxist ⓘ |
| influenced | later historiography on the Moscow Trials ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Moscow Trials
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Soviet political repression ⓘ Stalinism ⓘ Trotskyism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementContext |
Left Opposition
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international Trotskyist movement ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Красная книга о московских процессах NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | Trotskyist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisherType | Trotskyist press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Case of Leon Trotsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-1930s Soviet Union ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
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